Drew Beskin & The Sunshine return in rare form with a new EP simply titled Garrett. Beskin views these 5 songs on Garrett as an opportunity to dwell on his favorite songwriting bad habits whilst pushing himself further creatively by exploring lengthy outros and experimenting with sounds not normally present in any Beskin/Sunshine recordings to date. The Sunshine is Tommy Trautwein (producer/guitar), Elijah Johnston (bass) and Gideon Johnston (drums). On Garrett, Beskin brought in Bennett Evans (A.D. Blanco) to shred on “Clockwork” and frequent collaborator Phillip Brantley and The District Attorneys members Chris Wilson and Walker Beard to create the classic rock sound of “It’s Hard to Walk Away (If You Never Move)”. Produced/Engineered by Tommy Trautwein & Nate Nelson for maximum team efforts.
Beskin brings his nuanced approach to pop-rock songwriting from over a decade of releasing albums as a solo artist and frontman for The District Attorneys, Party Dolls and PURSES. When not working on his own projects, you may find him collaborating with many other artists/friends such as Tedo Stone, Cowboy Curtys, Elijah Johnston, Well Kept among others. His new EP with The Sunshine is the follow-up to their landmark album 2022’s Somewhere Sideways Same As You and let’s never forget 2021’s critically praised Problematic for the People among other hits in the Beskin catalog.
Garrett is out on all digital get downs on August 25th via Super Canoe/We Bought a Zoo Records.
Today Glide is excited to premiere the effortlessly cool tune “Nosedive,” a sharp indie rocker that brings to mind acts like Spoon but with soulful vocals. The band lays down infectious power pop choruses, jagged guitar flourishes, and a nicely stomping beat to bring it all together. Clever lyricism with resonant lyrics is accentuated by a proper level of rocking that comes with a surprising bridge into reverb-soaked groove and a frenetic guitar freakout that turns the final minute of the tune into a full-on dance party. Ultimately, the tune shows this band’s ability to continuously evolve.
Drew Beskin describes the process and inspiration behind the tune:
We recorded this one at Tweed Recording (a music school in Athens) with a bunch of students helping out so we worked on a song we knew was going to get a little crazy. We added a lot of weird stuff every chance we could. The outro is something I am particularly proud of. Gideon (Johnston) is playing multiple drum takes on top of each other. It’s about as dark as The Sunshine can get….for now at least.
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